Mary Lee Cowden v. Doris Akers and Carl Rex Cordell

In The
Court of Appeals
Seventh District of Texas at Amarillo
No. 07-17-00367-CV
MARY LEE COWDEN, APPELLANT
V.
DORIS AKERS AND CARL REX CORDELL, APPELLEES
On Appeal from the 251st District Court
Potter County, Texas
Trial Court No. V-102326-00-C, Honorable Ana Estevez, Presiding
February 22, 2018
ORDER OF ABATEMENT
Before QUINN, C.J., and CAMPBELL and PARKER, JJ.
Appellant, Mary Lee Cowden, and Appellees, Doris Akers and Carl Rex Cordell,
filed a Joint Motion for Briefing Schedule requesting that we extend the briefing deadlines
until thirty days after the parties mediate on April 16, 2018. Appellant’s brief is presently
due February 28, 2018. To expedite the possible disposition of this appeal and in the
interest of conservation of judicial resources, we deny the parties’ motion as moot and
abate the appeal. All appellate deadlines are, therefore, suspended. The case will be
removed from our active docket and treated as a closed case until April 19, 2018, or until
further order of this court. See TEX. R. APP. P. 2, 43.6; Mesa Water, L.P. v. Tex. Water
Dev. Bd., No. 07-11-00153-CV, 2011 Tex. App. LEXIS 5311, at *2-3 (Tex. App.—Amarillo
July 13, 2011, order) (per curiam) (doing same). The parties are directed to advise the
court of the status of the mediation by April 19, 2018.
It is so ordered.
Per Curiam
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